Review – Faith-Based Organizations at the United Nations
Addressing a marked gap in IR literature, Haynes provides a timely account of how religious organizations play an increasingly important role in international affairs.
Global Warming: Is Paris the Last-chance Saloon?
Global warming’s last-chance saloon will soon be upon us. Yet, far from acting together, we have various gangs ready to shoot each other in the back while the piano-player plays on.
Remembering through Your Gut
This year Holocaust commemoration also marks the 70th anniversary of Auschwitz liberation. The focus is on the suffering of the victims and the courage of the survivors.
RtoP and Women, Peace and Security: A Shared Agenda for the Asia-Pacific?
Shared advocacy between the Responsibility to Protect (RtoP) and the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agendas is vital to help realise their stated objectives.
The Effectiveness of Peacekeeping during Civil War
Research on cases of failure and success within and across peacekeeping operations should include the strengths of the quantitative approach and the power of ethnography.
Star Trek and Realism
In order to remain relevant and meaningful, Star Trek needs to move beyond Wilsonian tropes and ask more difficult questions about international relations.
Generous Hearts and Stubborn Minds
The military might of Sudan regime would not prevail as long as the women of Nuba have the generosity to share their last gourd of beer with a stranger in distress.
Modelling the United Nations in Bristol
Students from UWE Bristol, the University of Bristol, and Sciences Po simulated whether sovereignty should be conditional in the face of severe human rights violations.
In Celebration of Senseless Acts of Kindness
There are many blogs on humanitarianism & development. They tend to be overly-technical, narrowly prescriptive, and circulate within the international aid industry. The Flesh and Blood blog will offer something different.
The Sovereign Nation-State as a Contributor to Terrorism
The ‘rise’ of terrorism has been caused by powerful Western and Euro-centric states, and the UN has failed in its distribution of fair and reasonable jurisprudence.
